Primero de Mayo Department
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Primero de Mayo is a south eastern department
of Chaco Province
in Argentina
.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 9,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,864km², and its capital city is Margarita Belén
, which is located around 1,035km from Capital Federal.
Departments of Argentina
Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...
of Chaco Province
Chaco Province
Chaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...
in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 9,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,864km², and its capital city is Margarita Belén
Margarita Belén
Margarita Belén is a town in Chaco Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Primero de Mayo Department.The town became infamous when on 13 December 1976, a joint operation of the Argentine Army and the Chaco Provincial Police resulted in the Massacre of Margarita Belén during the so-called...
, which is located around 1,035km from Capital Federal.